[ExI] brit psych

[William Flynn Wallace]

Psychologists are typically theory-driven, while the philosopher in the
team is more likely to be a gadfly pointing out if the model is
unfalsifiable, vacuous, or otherwise no good. They usually have less stake
in a particular outcome being true, and care more about the experiment
being logically consistent.
​  Anders
​

American psych is American.  What the British, Japanese, and Russians
(still totally Pavlovian?) have done is largely ignored in my experience.

I recognized this early when I taught Personality and sort of fell in love
with Hans Eysenck and his theories.  American psych was heavily Skinnerian
when I started, and theories of any kind were not popular.

I confess to have a blank where current Brit psych is concerned, but am
troubled by your statement that they (most or all are Brits, eh?) are too
theory oriented.  Just what theories are they clinging to, if I am not
wasting too much of your time?

(I am ignoring the fact that a psychologist is highly likely to have
knowledge that a philosopher lacks.  And vice versa, of course.)

Anyone else free to chime in.

bill w
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